Drawer divider

Claim 1

In an open top receptacle having a bottom wall and a pair of spaced apart side walls, a divider transverse between said side walls and selectively movable therebetween, said divider including a panel having sidE edges, locking means carried by said divider panel and having end portions to retain said divider in selected position, said locking means including a unitary rod member mounted on said panel with said end portions thereof normally disposed beyond said side edges whereby said rod member has a normal length greater than the horizontal length of said divider when axially extended, said rod member being flexible yet normally self-sustaining along a straight longitudinal axis, anchor means on saId side walls for receiving said end portions when extended beyond said panel side edges, said anchor means including a plurality of keeper holes in said drawer side walls, displaceable means on said locking means manipulatable to retract and extend said end portions upon movement of said divider between selected opposed pairs of said anchor means, said panel including an access opening and longitudinal journal means supporting said rod member for longitudinal movement, said displaceable means comprising an intermediate portion of said rod member disposed between a pair of said journal means and juxtaposed said access opening whereby, said rod intermediate portion may be radially displaced in any one of several directions in the area of said access opening to bend said rod between said longitudinal journal means thereby foreshortening said rod end portions to withdraw same from said keeper holes.